eBay: Rare Beatrix Potter 50p selling for hundreds - do you have this coin in your wallet?

EBAY has a host of rare coins on offer, and one seller is hoping to cash in with a Beatrix Potter 50p featuring a Mr Jeremy Fisher design, listing it for hundreds of pounds. Do you have one of these coins at home?

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Mr. Jeremy Fisher has been captured on this Brilliant Uncirculated 50p coin – the first time the famous fisherman has featured on an official United Kingdom coin

Royal Mint

There are currently no bids on the item, but it still has plenty of time to attract attention with nearly seven days to go.

Royal Mint explain the design on their website, and say: “Mr. Jeremy Fisher stars in the eighth of the little tales, a story of an eventful fishing trip that ends in Jeremy narrowly escaping being a trout’s dinner.

“‘The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher’ gives us a wider glimpse into the charming world Beatrix Potter created, as we meet some interesting friends in the story including Mr. Alderman Ptolemy Tortoise and Sir Isaac Newton.

“Mr. Jeremy Fisher has been captured on this Brilliant Uncirculated 50p coin – the first time the famous fisherman has featured on an official United Kingdom coin.

“The coin comes in a fold-out case, inspired by Beatrix’s own watercolour illustrations, including more details about Jeremy’s tale.”

eBay: A Beatrix Potter coin, described as "rare" by the seller, is selling for hundreds of pounds (Image: Getty Images/Royal Mint)

Beatrix Potter designed coins are very popular with sellers and collectors alike, and are often seen on the auction site.